List of best-selling albums in the United States
15–19 million copies

Year
Artist
Album
Label
Shipments (Sales)
Certification
1987
Guns N' Roses
Appetite for Destruction
Geffen
18,000,000
18× Platinum
1997
Shania Twain
Come On Over
Mercury Nashville
(17,690,000)
20× Platinum
1974
Elton John
Greatest Hits
Polydor
17,000,000
17× Platinum
1976
Boston
Boston
Epic Records
17,000,000
17× Platinum
1990
Garth Brooks
No Fences
Capitol Nashville
17,000,000
17× Platinum
1991
Metallica
Metallica
Elektra
(16,830,000)
16× Platinum
1977
Soundtrack / Bee Gees
Saturday Night Fever
RSO
16,000,000
16× Platinum
1995
Alanis Morissette
Jagged Little Pill
Maverick
(15,350,000)
16× Platinum
1973
Pink Floyd
The Dark Side of the Moon
Harvest/Capitol
15,000,000
15× Platinum
1984
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Legend
Island
15,000,000
15× Platinum
1984
Bruce Springsteen
Born in the U.S.A.
Columbia
15,000,000
15× Platinum
1988
Journey
Greatest Hits
Columbia
15,000,000
15× Platinum

Question: How did the Boston album perform in terms of sales?
Answer: The Boston album is the best-selling album in the United States, selling 17,000,000 shipments.